FDR’s lifelong home decorated as it was at time of his death in 1945. Nearby FDR Library & Museum and Rose Garden with graves of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Library/museum/house $14, free under 16. Shuttle-bus access to FDR’s Top Cottage retreat, Thurs.-Mon. 10 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. Handicapped accessible. Advance reservations suggested; 845-229-5320. $8.

GLEBE HOUSE

Poughkeepsie. 845-471-1630

Circa 1767 brick Georgian; home to loyalist Rev. John Beardsley until 1777. By appt. $2. Call for free open house.

Historical Society of Quaker hill and pawling/JOHN KANE HOUSE

Pawling. 845-855-9316; www.pawlinghistory.org

Washington’s HQ during Revolution. Exhibit on Lowell Thomas, Pawling resident, and replicas of Main Street in 1948. Mid-May­–mid-Oct., Sat.-Sun. 2-4 p.m. Other sites include Oblong Quaker Meeting House on Quaker Hill and exhibit of Quaker memorabilia at the Akin Library.

THE SAMUEL MORSE HISTORIC SITE

Poughkeepsie. 845-454-4500

Home of painter and inventor of the telegraph. Georgian house redesigned by A. J. Davis into spacious Tuscan villa circa 1850. W.H. Young purchased home in 1901. Young family furnishings and Morse memorabilia. 150 acres of riverfront, hiking trails, picnic facilities, restored gardens. Tours: May-Nov. Grounds: year-round, 8 a.m. to dusk. $9 adults, $5 children 6-18.

MADAM BRETT HOMESTEAD

Beacon. 845-226-4717

Built in 1709; oldest house in county. 17th-century furnishings, paintings; dolls, gowns of 18th-19th centuries. May-Dec., first Sun. of every month, 1-4 p.m. $3.